IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, HERE ARE THE 8 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY STATE OFFICIALS ARE CONTINUING TO CLEAN UP THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF HEATING OIL SPILLED AFTER A TANKER CRASHED IN GORHAM WEDNESDAY. OFFICIALS ARE CHECKING FOR DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION AND SAY THE CLEANUP EFFORT COULD TAKE A FEW WEEKS. MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE TRUCK DRIVER TOLD POLICE A BLUE OR BLACK HONDA C-R- V CUT HIM OFF-- CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS RIG. A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER FROM POLAND WAS ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES. 60-YEAR-OLD DELAND SMALL WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AT HIS WORKPLACE IN NORTH YARMOUTH AFTER DETECTIVES SEIZED COMPUTERS AT HIS HOME LAST MONTH. SMALL WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A CHILD AND WAS ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY FOR 10 YEARS. MAINE'S NINE NEW POLICE CANINE TEAMS ARE GRADUATING FROM THE MAINE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY IN VASSALBORO TODAY. THE OFFICERS AND THEIR DOGS HAVE SPENT THE PAST FOURTEEN WEEKS TRAINING AT THE STATE POLICE CANINE SCHOOL. THE EMERGE FILM FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING TODAY AND TOMORROW IN LEWISTON AND AUBURN. ORGANIZERS IN THE TWIN CITIES CANCELLED THE ORIGINAL LEWISTON - AUBURN FILM FESTIVAL BACK IN MARCH AFTER THE FOUNDER JOSHUA SHEA WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD PORN. áEMERGEá WILL FEATURE FORTY FILMS FROM AROUND MAINE, THE U-S AND THE WORLD. CONTINUING THE 8 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY... THE 30TH ANNUAL TREK ACROSS MAINE GETS UNDERWAY IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AT SUNDAY RIVER. MORE THAN 2- THOUSAND CYCLCISTS ARE SETTING ON THE THREE-DAY TREK ACROSS THE STATE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION. THE RIDE ENDS SUNDAY AT STEAMBOAT LANDING PARK IN BELFAST. FORMER TALIBAN CAPTIVE SERGEANT BOWE BERGDAHL IS NOW AT A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE HE'LL CONTINUE "THE NEXT PHASE OF HIS REINTEGRATION PROCESS." BERGDAHL ARRIVED EARLY TODAY ON A FLIGHT FROM GERMANY. THE IDAHO NATIVE IS EXPECTED TO BE REUNITED THERE WITH HIS FAMILY. THIS MORNING, MARKETS ARE OPENING LOWER IN A SIGN OF WIDESPREAD CONCERN OVER ESCALATING CHAOS IN IRAQ. PRESIDENT OBAMA CONSIDERING A MAJOR MILITARY DECISION NOW ... HE MET WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM - TO CONSIDER áAIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE EXTREMISTS... U-S GROUND FORCES HAVE BEEN RULED OUT. WE CAN EXPECT HIS DECISION IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND THE IRAQ CRISIS IS GOING TO COST YOU AT THE PUMP. OIL FUTURES CLIMBED TO 106 DOLLARS A BARREL YESTERDAY. THAT'S A TWO DOLLARS A BARREL YESTERDAY. THAT'S A TWO PERCENT INCREASE-- AND THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER. IRAQ IS A MAJOR OIL SUPPLIER... AND ANALYSTS EXPECT GAS PRICES TO GO UP FIVE TO TEN CENTS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that a proposed agreement between world powers and Iran was "a bad deal" that would not stop Tehran from getting nuclear weapons -- but would rather pave its way to getting lots of them and lea...